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The plays and poems of William Shakspeare : in ten volumes : collated verbatim with the most authentick copies, and revised, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : to which are added, an essay on the chronological order of his plays; an essay relative to Shakspeare and Jonson [sic]; a dissertation on the three parts of King Henry VI; an historical account of the English stage; and notes

by: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812, editor; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, author of introduction; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, author of introduction; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, author of introduction; Steevens, George, 1736-1800, author of introduction; Knight, Charles, 1743-1827? engraver; Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827, engraver; Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, engraver; Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, engraver; Sharp, William, 1749-1824, engraver; Baldwin, Henry, 1734-1813, printer; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; J., F., and C. Rivington (Firm), bookseller; Clarke & Bedford, binder

Publication date: 1790

Publisher: London : Printed by H. Baldwin for J. Rivington and Sons; L. Davis; B. White and Son; T. Longman ... [and 28 others]

Collection: bplsctpbs; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Volume: v.6

Each volume with vol. half-titles and dated vol. title pages; each play with a divisional title page

Illustrations, dated between 1786-1789, variously lettered by engravers: Charles Knight; Thos. Holloway; A. Birrell; J. Keyse Sherwin; and W. Sharp. And by artists: Ozias Humphry; I. Jordan; and G. Steevens. Morris dancers folded plate in v. 5

Prefaces of Johnson and Pope; and Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear by Rowe in v. 1 pt. 1; History of the English Stage, emendations and additions, and directions to the binder in v. 1 pt. 2. Appendix and glossarial index in v. 10

v. 1 pt. 2. Tempest ; Two Gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor -- v. 2. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream -- v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Pericles -- v. 4. Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John -- v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; King Henry V -- v. 6. King Henry VI ; King Richard III -- v. 7. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline ; King Lear -- v. 9. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello -- v. 10. Venus and Adonis ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Passionate Pilgrim ; Lover's complaint ; Titus Andronicus ; Romeus and Juliet

Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue

ESTC

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound by Clarke and Bedford in red morocco double-panelled in gilt with the spines likewise panelled and tooled. The top edges of all text blocks are gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedowns

Notes

No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found. Pagination skips from 398 to 381, 429 to 453.

Addeddate: 2015-02-12 14:24:18.014929

Associated-names: Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812, editor; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, author of introduction; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, author of introduction; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, author of introduction; Steevens, George, 1736-1800, author of introduction; Knight, Charles, 1743-1827? engraver; Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827, engraver; Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, engraver; Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, engraver; Sharp, William, 1749-1824, engraver; Baldwin, Henry, 1734-1813, printer; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; J., F., and C. Rivington (Firm), bookseller; Clarke & Bedford, binder